THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY ABOMINATION OF THE ANTICHRISTPaul introduces the desecration of the Temple in 2 Thessalonians 2:4 by saying that the man of lawlessness “exalts himself.” He elevates himself “over every so-called god or object of worship.” While this might indicate a superlative blasphemy of God such as in Revelation 13:6, the […]

THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY The Abomination Of Desolation Part 2HISTORICAL BACKGROUNDDuring the construction of the Second Temple, a host of actual and would-be desecrators of the Temple invaded Jerusalem. However, Daniel appears to be predicting the invasion of the Syrian–Greek ruler Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175–164 b.c.), who erected an idol in the Temple […]

THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY The Abomination Of Desolation Part 1The phrases abomination of desolation, desolating abomination, and abomination that makes desolate refer to violations of the ritual purity of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. They translate the Hebrew term shiqqutz(im) meshomem and the Greek term bdelugma tes eremoseos, and they appear in prophecies […]